Check holder



April 6, 1937. A. ZAMBORELLI CHECK HOLDER Filed 061:. 21, 1936 Aiiorneys Patented Apr. 6, 1937 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 1 Claim.

This invention appertains to new and useful improvements in holders orhooks for checks such as are used by miners to identify their pit carsin coal mines.

The principal object of the present invention is to provide a. checkholder or hook which has the safety feature of preventing the check frombecoming accidentally displaced.

Another important object of the invention is to provide a holder of thecharacter described which is positive acting and not susceptible to theready development of defects.

These and various other important objects and advantages of theinvention will become apparent to the reader of the followingspecification.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 represents a side elevational view of the holder in supportedposition.

Figure 2 is a vertical sectional view taken substantially on line 2-2 ofFigure 1.

Figure 3 represents a vertical sectional view taken substantially online 3-3 of Figure 1.

Figure 4 represents a perspective view of the detent.

Figure 5 represents a perspective view of the hook plate.

Referring to the drawings wherein like numerals designate like parts itcan be seen that numeral 5 represents the wall of the car. In

Figure 5 numeral 6 generally refers to the hook plate while numeral 1generally refers to the detent as shown in Figure 4.

The hook plate consists of the T-shaped plate 8 the arms 9 of which areapertured as at ID to receive suitable securing elements ll whereby theplate can be secured to the wall 5 of the car. The plate 8 is providedwith outstanding arms l2l2 which are apertured as at l3. The lowerportion of the plate 8 is bent outwardly and upwardly to provide thehook l4 and this hook is provided with outstanding ears l5-l5.

The detent l is in the form of an elongated arm I6 which is providedwith a longitudinally extending strengthening rib IT. This arm I6 5 isprovided with short rearwardly extending arms l8 apertured as at H).These arms ill interlap the arms I2 and a cotter pin 26 can be disposedthrough the opening [3 and l 9 to swingably support the detent 1.

The upper portion of the arm I6 is bulged inwardly while the upperportion of the plate 8 is bulged outwardly to form the bosses 2 l22 forengagement into the end convolutions of the coiled compressible spring23 which serves to maintain the outwardly curved lowered portion 24 ofthe arm l6 against the hook I and between the edges l5-I5, thuspreventing a check 25 from becoming displaced from the hook I4;

While the foregoing specification sets forth 20 the invention inspecific terms, it is to be understood that numerous changes in theshape, size and materials may be resorted to without departing from thespirit and scope of the invention as claimed hereinafter.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim is:-

A check holder of the character described comprising a plate formed witha hook at the lower portion thereof, a swingable detent mounted on theplate, the lower portion of the detent being engaged with the free endof the hook, and a spring interposed between the plate and the upper endportion of the detent for tensionally maintaining the lower end of thedetent against the hook, the end portion of said hook being providedwith outwardly disposed ears between which the lower end of the detentis normally disposed.

AUGUST ZAMBORELLI. 40

